EP3732217A1 - Compositions comprising multimodal ethylene based polymers and low density polyethylene (ldpe) - Google Patents
Compositions comprising multimodal ethylene based polymers and low density polyethylene (ldpe)Info
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- EP3732217A1 EP3732217A1 EP18840121.0A EP18840121A EP3732217A1 EP 3732217 A1 EP3732217 A1 EP 3732217A1 EP 18840121 A EP18840121 A EP 18840121A EP 3732217 A1 EP3732217 A1 EP 3732217A1
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- ethylene
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- Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to multimodal ethylene- based polymers, and more specifically relate to multimodal ethylene-based polymers blended with low density polyethylene (LDPE). BACKGROUND [0003] In monolayer and multilayer films, which may include blown or cast films, it is beneficial for the films to have processability, stiffness and toughness.
- LDPE is often blended with linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) to improve the melt strength, which as a result, improves processability. Nevertheless, the addition of LDPE may also cause the toughness and strength of the film to deteriorate.
- LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
- LDPE linear low density polyethylene
- the LDPE has a density of 0.916 to 0.940 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc) and a melt index (I 2 ) from 0.1 to 2.0 grams per 10 minutes (g/10 min) when measured according to ASTM D1238 at a load of 2.16 kilograms (kg) and a temperature of 190 degrees Celsius (°C).
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer has a density from 0.900 to 0.940 g/cc and a melt index (I 2 ) from 0.1 to 10 g/10 min.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises three ethylene-based components, which are polymerized reaction products of an ethylene monomer and at least one C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- the first ethylene-based component has a density of 0.870 to 0.915 g/cc, and a weight-average molecular weight (M w(GPC) ) from 163,000 grams per mole (g/mol) to 363,000 g/mol as measured according to gel permeation chromatography.
- the multimodal ethylene- based polymer may comprise at least 20% by weigth of the first ethylene-based component.
- the second ethylene-based component may have a density greater than the density of the first ethylene-based component and less than 0.940 g/cc, and a weight-average molecular weight (M w(GPC) ) from 88,500 g/mol to 363,000 g/mol.
- FIG. 1 is a graphical illustration depicting the 1% Secant Modulus in the Machine Direction (MD) versus Dart for various Inventive and Comparative monolayer film examples.
- FIG. 1 is a graphical illustration depicting the 1% Secant Modulus in the Machine Direction (MD) versus Dart for various Inventive and Comparative monolayer film examples.
- FIG. 2 is a graphical illustration depicting the Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) weight fraction versus temperature for Inventive Polymer 1 and Comparative Polymer 6.
- FIG. 3 are side-by-side Short Chain Branching Distribution (SCBD) Elution Profiles and Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) plots of Comparative Polymer 7, which is used for estimating the initial parameters for the numerical deconvolution process described below.
- FIG. 4 shows a combined iteration of Short Chain Branching Distribution (SCBD) Elution Profiles and Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) plots with verification by a GPC chromatograph equipped with an internal IR5 infra-red detector (GPC-IR) for Inventive Polymer 5.
- GPC-IR internal IR5 infra-red detector
- polymer thus embraces the term“homopolymer,” usually employed to refer to polymers prepared from only one type of monomer as well as“copolymer,” which refers to polymers prepared from two or more different monomers.
- interpolymer refers to a polymer prepared by the polymerization of at least two different types of monomers.
- the generic term interpolymer thus includes copolymers, and polymers prepared from more than two different types of monomers, such as terpolymers.
- “multimodal” means compositions that can be characterized by having at least three (3) polymer subcomponents with varying densities and weight averaged molecular weights, and optionally, may also have different melt index values.
- multimodal may be defined by having at least three distinct peaks in a Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) chromatogram showing the molecular weight distribution. In another embodiment, multimodal may be defined by having at least three distinct peaks in a Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) chromatogram showing the short chain branching distribution. Multimodal includes resins having three peaks as well as resins having more than three peaks.
- GPC Gel Permeation Chromatography
- CEF Crystallization Elution Fractionation
- Multimodal includes resins having three peaks as well as resins having more than three peaks.
- the term“trimodal polymer” means a multimodal ethylene-based polymer having three primary components: a first ethylene-based polymer component, a second ethylene-based polymer component, and a third ethylene-based polymer component.
- the“solution polymerization reactor” is a vessel, which performs solution polymerization, wherein ethylene monomer and at least C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer copolymerize after being dissolved in a non-reactive solvent that contains a catalyst.
- hydrogen may be utilized; however, it is not required in all solution polymerization processes.
- Polyethylene or“ethylene-based polymer” shall mean polymers comprising greater than 50% by mole of units derived from ethylene monomer. This includes ethylene- based homopolymers or copolymers (meaning units derived from two or more comonomers).
- ethylene-based polymers include, but are not limited to, Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE); Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE); Ultra Low Density Polyethylene (ULDPE); Very Low Density Polyethylene (VLDPE); single-site catalyzed Linear Low Density Polyethylene, including both linear and substantially linear low density resins (m- LLDPE); Medium Density Polyethylene (MDPE); and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).
- LDPE Low Density Polyethylene
- LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene
- ULDPE Ultra Low Density Polyethylene
- VLDPE Very Low Density Polyethylene
- m- LLDPE linear low Density Polyethylene
- MDPE Medium Density Polyethylene
- HDPE High Density Polyethylene
- Ethylene-based component for example, the “first ethylene-based component,” the“second ethylene-based component,” or the“third ethylene-based component” refer to subcomponents of the multimodal or trimodal polymer, wherein each subcomponent is an ethylene interpolymer comprising ethylene monomer and C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- LDPE low density polyethylene polymer
- “highly branched polyethylene” is defined to mean that the polymer is partly or entirely homopolymerized or copolymerized in autoclave or tubular reactors at pressures above 14,500 psi (100 MPa) with the use of free-radical initiators, such as peroxides (see, for example, U.S. Patent No. 4,599,392, which is hereby incorporated by reference).
- LDPE resins typically have a density in the range of 0.916 to 0.940 g/cc.
- LLDPE includes resin made using Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems as well as resin made using single-site catalysts, including, but not limited to, bis-metallocene catalysts (sometimes referred to as“m-LLDPE”), phosphinimine, and constrained geometry catalysts, and resins made using post-metallocene, molecular catalysts, including, but not limited to, bis(biphenylphenoxy) catalysts (also referred to as polyvalent aryloxyether catalysts).
- LLDPE includes linear, substantially linear, or heterogeneous ethylene-based copolymers or homopolymers.
- LLDPEs contain less long chain branching than LDPEs and include the substantially linear ethylene polymers, which are further defined in U.S. Patent No. 5,272,236, U.S. Patent No. 5,278,272, U.S. Patent No. 5,582,923 and U.S. Patent No. 5,733,155; the homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer compositions such as those in U.S. Patent No. 3,645,992; the heterogeneously branched ethylene polymers such as those prepared according to the process disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,076,698; and blends thereof (such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,914,342 and U.S. Patent No. 5,854,045).
- Multilayer structure means any structure having more than one layer.
- the multilayer structure (for example, a film) may have two, three, four, five, or more layers.
- a multilayer structure may be described as having the layers designated with letters.
- a three layer structure having a core layer B and two external layers A and C may be designated as A/B/C.
- a structure having two core layers B and C and two external layers A and D would be designated A/B/C/D.
- a multilayer film of the present disclosure comprises up to 11 layers.
- the LDPE has a density of about 0.916 to 0.940 g/cc.
- the LDPE may have a melt index (I 2 ) from about 0.1 to 10 g/10 min when measured according to ASTM D1238 at a load of 2.16 kg and temperature of 190 °C.
- the LDPE may have a density from 0.916 to 0.935 g/cc, or from 0.916 to 0.925 g/cc.
- the LDPE may have an I 2 melt index from about 0.2 to 5 g/10 min, or from 0.5 to 2.0 g/10 min.
- the LDPE has a molecular weight distribution (MWD) from 3.5 to 10 wherein MWD is defined as M w(GPC) /M n(GPC) , where M w(GPC) is a weight average molecular weight and M n(GPC) is a number average molecular weight, both of which are determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC).
- MWD molecular weight distribution
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may have a density from 0.900 to 0.940 g/cc measured according to ASTM D792.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may also have a melt index (I 2 ) from 0.1 to 10 g/10 min.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may have a density from 0.910 to 0.940 g/cc, or from 0.915 to 0.940 g/cc.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may have an I 2 from 0.1 to 5 g/10 min, or from 0.2 to 1 g/10 min, or from 0.5 to 1 g/10 min.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer has an I 10 /I 2 value from 9 to 15, where I 10 is measured according to ASTM D1238 at a load of 10 kg and temperature of 190 °C. In further embodiments, the multimodal ethylene-based polymer has an I 10 /I 2 from 9 to 12, or from 9.2 to 12, or from 9.2 to 11. [0029]
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises the polymerized reaction product of ethylene monomer and at least one C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer. In another embodiment, the C 3 ⁇ C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer may more preferably comprise 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
- Exemplary ⁇ -olefin comonomers include, but are not limited to, propylene, 1-butene, 1- pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, and 4-methyl-1-pentene.
- the one or more ⁇ -olefin comonomers may be selected from the group consisting of propylene, 1- butene, 1-hexene, and 1-octene, or in the alternative, from the group consisting of 1-butene, 1- hexene and 1-octene, and further 1-hexene and 1-octene.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may include at least 50% by mole ethylene monomer, or at least 60% by mole ethylene monomer, or at least 70% by mole ethylene monomer, or at least 80% by mole ethylene monomer, or at least 90% by mole ethylene monomer.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may comprise less than 50% by mole of the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ - olefin comonomer.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may comprise from 1 to 40% by mole of the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 1 to 30% by mole of the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 1 to 20% by mole of the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 1 to 10% by mole of the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may have a MWD (M w(GPC) /M n(GPC) ) of at least 5, or at least 6, or at least 7.
- the MWD is from 5 to 12, or from 6 to 10, or from 7 to 9.
- the polymer composition comprises from 60 to 95% by weight of multimodal ethylene-based polymer, or from 70 to 90% by weight of multimodal ethylene-based polymer, or from 75 to 85% by weight of multimodal ethylene-based polymer.
- the polymer composition comprises from 5 to 40% by weight of the LDPE, or from 10 to 30% by weight of the LDPE, or from 15 to 25% by weight of the LDPE.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises at least three ethylene-based components, which are each polymerized reaction products of an ethylene monomer and at least one C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- the first ethylene-based component has a density of about 0.870 to 0.915 g/cc, and a melt index (I 2 ) of 0.01 to 0.5 g/10 min.
- the densities for the ethylene-based components (for example, first, second, and third ethylene-based components) are calculated from the equations provided below.
- the first ethylene-based component has a density of 0.880 to 0.910 g/cc, or from 0.885 to 0.907 g/cc.
- the melt index (I 2 ) of the first ethylene-based component is from 0.02 to 0.2 g/10 min or from 0.03 to 0.15 g/10 min.
- the first ethylene-based component has a weight-average molecular weight (M w(GPC) ) from 163,000 g/mol to 363,000 g/mol as measured according to gel permeation chromatography (GPC), Moreover, in further embodiments, the first ethylene-based component may have an M w(GPC) of 175,000 to 290,000 g/mol, or from 180,000 to 275,000 g/mol, or from 190,000 to 260,000 g/mol.
- the first ethylene-based component may have from 0.5 to 30 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer or from 1 to 20 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 1.5 to 15 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 2 to 10 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- the second ethylene-based component has a density greater than the density of the first ethylene-based component and less than 0.940 g/cc, and a melt index (I 2 ) of 0.01 to 2 g/10 min.
- the density of the second ethylene-based component is from 0.890 to 0.930 g/cc or from 0.905 to 0.927 g/cc.
- the melt index (I 2 ) of the second ethylene-based component is from 0.02 to 1.5 g/10 min, or from 0.05 to 1.0 g/10 min, or from 0.1 to 1.0 g/10 min, or from 0.5 to 1.0 g/10 min.
- the second ethylene-based component may have a weight-average molecular weight (M w(GPC) ) from 88,500 g/mol to 363,000 g/mol as measured according to GPC.
- the second ethylene-based component may have a lower M w(GPC) than the first ethylene-based component. Moreover, in further embodiments, the second ethylene-based component may have an M w(GPC) of 100,000 to 140,000 g/mol, and an M n of 50,000 to 70,000 g/mol. In some embodiments, the first ethylene-based component and the second ethylene- based component each have a molecular weight distribution (MWD) less than 3. In other embodiments, the second ethylene-based component may have an MWD (M w(GPC) /M n(GPC) ) of 1.5 to 2.5, or from 1.8 to 2.2.
- MWD M w(GPC) /M n(GPC)
- the second ethylene-based component has various levels of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer incorporation.
- second ethylene-based component may have a lower C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer incorporation than the first ethylene-based component.
- the second ethylene-based component may have 0.5 to 25 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 0.5 to 20 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer, or from 1 to 10 mol% of C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer.
- the third ethylene-based component has a density greater than the density of the second ethylene-based component.
- the density of the third ethylene-based component is from 0.930 to 0.980 g/cc, or from 0.935 to 0.970 g/cc, or from 0.940 to 0.970 g/cc.
- the third ethylene-based component has a melt index (I 2 ) greater than 5.0 g/10 min, or greater than 10 g/10 min, or greater than 50 g/10 min, or greater than 100 g/10 min.
- the third ethylene-based component may have an M w(GPC) of less than 55,000 g/mol, or less than 40,000 g/mol. In further embodiments, the third ethylene-based component may have an M w(GPC) from 10,000 to 40,000 g/mol, or from 15,000 to 30,000 g/mol, or from 15,000 to 25,000 g/mol. Additionally, the third ethylene-based component may have an M w(GPC) of less than 15,000 g/mol, or less than 10,000 g/mol. In further embodiments, the third ethylene-based component may have an M n of 3,000 to 8,000 g/mol, or from 5,000 to 7,500 g/mol.
- MWD M w(GPC) /M n(GPC)
- the amount of each component in the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may be adjusted based on the application or use. For example, a different balance of properties may be desirable in low temperature applications (e.g., below 0 °C) versus applications where the multimodal ethylene-based polymer is subjected to higher temperatures (e.g., temperatures greater than 40 °C).
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may comprise at least 20% by weight of the first ethylene-based component.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises from 20 to 50 % by weight of the first ethylene-based component, or from 25 to 45% by weight of the first ethylene-based component. Additionally, in some embodiments, the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises from 10 to 30 % by weight of the second ethylene-based component, or from 15 to 30 % by weight of the second ethylene-based component. Moreover, in some embodiments, the multimodal ethylene-based polymer comprises 25 to 60 % by weight of the third ethylene- based component, or from 30 to 50 % by weight of the third ethylene-based component.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer has a Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) weight fraction greater than 23 wt% and a weight- average molecular weight (M w(CEF) ) greater than 130,000 g/mol at a temperature range from 20 °C to T critical (T c ).
- CEF Crystallization Elution Fractionation
- M w(CEF) weight- average molecular weight
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer may have a CEF weight fraction greater than 25 wt% and an M w(CEF) greater than 135,000 g/mol at a temperature range from 20 °C to T critical (T c ).
- T c T critical
- Various polymerization process embodiments are considered suitable for producing the multimodal ethylene-based polymer.
- the multimodal ethylene-based polymer is produced through a solution polymerization process in a dual reactor system. These dual solution polymerization reactors may be conventional reactors, e.g., loop reactors, isothermal reactors, adiabatic reactors, and continuous stirred tank reactors in parallel, series, and any combinations thereof.
- the multimodal ethylene- based polymer may be produced in two loop reactors in series configuration, the first solution polymerization reactor temperature is in the range from 115 to 200 °C, for example, from 135 to 165 °C, and the second solution polymerization reactor temperature is in the range from 150 to 215 °C, for example, from 185 to 212 °C.
- ethylene monomer, one or more C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomers, solvent, one or more catalyst systems, and optionally hydrogen may be fed continuously to the dual solution polymerization reactors (i.e., the first and second solution polymerization reactors).
- the dual solution polymerization reactors i.e., the first and second solution polymerization reactors.
- Various catalysts are considered suitable.
- CGC constrained geometry complex
- phosphinimine catalyst a bis(biphenylphenoxy) catalyst.
- CGC catalysts are provided in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,272,236; 5,278,272; 6,812,289; and WO Publication 93/08221, which are all incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- bis(biphenylphenoxy) catalysts are provided in U.S. Patent Nos.
- the catalysts utilized in the solution polymerization reactors may vary in order to impart different properties to the first ethylene-based component, the second ethylene-based component, and the third ethylene-based component.
- varying these parameters for the first, second, and third ethylene-based components may enable the multimodal ethylene-based polymer to have a desired combination of toughness and processability.
- the first solution polymerization reactor, the second solution polymerization reactor, or both may include two catalysts.
- the first solution polymerization reactor may include two catalysts and the second solution polymerization reactor, which is downstream of the first solution polymerization reactor, includes one catalyst.
- the two catalysts of the first solution polymerization reactor are homogeneous catalysts, whereas the catalyst of the second solution polymerization reactor could include a homogeneous catalyst, a heterogeneous catalyst, or both.
- Homogeneous, often referred to as single-site, catalysts are organometallic compounds which typically have a discrete molecular structure, and are used to generate polymers, which have narrow molecular weight distribution, as well as narrow composition distribution, in the case where interpolymers are made.
- Homogeneous catalysts may be dissolved in a solution process or supported for use in particle forming processes, such as slurry or gas phase.
- Heterogeneous catalysts are not discrete compounds but rather result from a reaction mixture of metal compounds with precursors to form a complex, which has multiple active sites on some form of a particle.
- heterogeneous catalysts typically demonstrate broader molecular weight distributions and, in the case of interpolymers, broader composition distributions than homogeneous catalysts.
- the catalysts in the first reactor may be different homogeneous catalysts having differing reactivity ratios in the first reactor environment.
- the bis(biphenylphenoxy) catalyst is an example of a homogeneous catalyst.
- Other examples of homogeneous catalysts include constrained geometry catalysts.
- heterogeneous catalysts may include heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts, which are particularly useful at the high polymerization temperatures of the solution process.
- Ziegler-Natta catalysts are those derived from organomagnesium compounds, alkyl halides or aluminum halides or hydrogen chloride, and a transition metal compound. Examples of such catalysts are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,314,912 (Lowery, Jr. et al.), 4,547,475 (Glass et al.), and 4,612,300 (Coleman, III), the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- Particularly suitable organomagnesium compounds include, for example, hydrocarbon soluble dihydrocarbylmagnesium such as the magnesium dialkyls and the magnesium diaryls.
- Exemplary suitable magnesium dialkyls include particularly n-butyl- secbutylmagnesium, diisopropylmagnesium, di-n-hexylmagnesium, isopropyl-n-butyl- magnesium, ethyl-n-hexylmagnesium, ethyl-n-butylmagnesium, di-n-octylmagnesium and others wherein the alkyl has from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
- Exemplary suitable magnesium diaryls include diphenylmagnesium, dibenzylmagnesium and ditolylmagnesium.
- Suitable organomagnesium compounds include alkyl and aryl magnesium alkoxides and aryloxides and aryl and alkyl magnesium halides with the halogen-free organomagnesium compounds being more desirable.
- Bis(biphenylphenoxy) catalysts are multi-component catalyst systems comprising a bis(biphenylphenoxy) procatalyst, cocatalyst, as well as further optional ingredients.
- the bis(biphenylphenoxy) procatalyst may include a metal–ligand complex according to Formula (I):
- M is a metal chosen from titanium, zirconium, or hafnium, the metal being in a formal oxidation state of +2, +3, or +4; n is 0, 1, or 2; when n is 1, X is a monodentate ligand or a bidentate ligand; when n is 2, each X is a monodentate ligand and is the same or different; the metal–ligand complex is overall charge-neutral; O is O (an oxygen atom); each Z is independently chosen from ⁇ O ⁇ , ⁇ S ⁇ , ⁇ N(R N ) ⁇ , or–P(R P ) ⁇ ; L is (C1 ⁇ C 40 )hydrocarbylene or (C 1 ⁇ C 40 )heterohydrocarbylene, wherein the (C1 ⁇ C 40 )hydrocarbylene has a portion that comprises a 1-carbon atom to 10-carbon atom linker backbone linking the two Z groups in Formula (I) (to which L is bonded) or
- R groups such as, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 can be identical or different (e.g., R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 may all be substituted alkyls or R 1 and R 2 may be a substituted alkyl and R 3 may be an aryl, etc.).
- Use of the singular includes use of the plural and vice versa (e.g., a hexane solvent, includes hexanes).
- a named R group will generally have the structure that is recognized in the art as corresponding to R groups having that name.
- procatalyst refers to a compound that has catalytic activity when combined with an activator.
- activator refers to a compound that chemically reacts with a procatalyst in a manner that converts the procatalyst to a catalytically active catalyst.
- cocatalyst and“activator” are interchangeable terms.
- a parenthetical expression having the form“(C x –C y )” means that the unsubstituted form of the chemical group has from x carbon atoms to y carbon atoms, inclusive of x and y.
- a (C 1 –C 40 )alkyl is an alkyl group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms in its unsubstituted form.
- certain chemical groups may be substituted by one or more substituents such as R S .
- R S substituted version of a chemical group defined using the“(C x –C y )” parenthetical may contain more than y carbon atoms depending on the identity of any groups R S .
- a“(C 1 –C 40 )alkyl substituted with exactly one group R S where R S is phenyl ( ⁇ C 6 H 5 )” may contain from 7 to 46 carbon atoms.
- each of the chemical groups (e.g., X, R, etc.) of the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may be unsubstituted having no R S substituents.
- At least one of the chemical groups of the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may independently contain one or more than one R S .
- the sum total of R S in the chemical groups of the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) does not exceed 20. In other embodiments, the sum total of R S in the chemical groups does not exceed 10. For example, if each R 1–5 was substituted with two R S , then X and Z cannot be substituted with an R S . In another embodiment, the sum total of R S in the chemical groups of the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may not exceed 5 R S .
- each R S is independently bonded to the same or different carbon atom or heteroatom and may include persubstitution of the chemical group.
- substitution means that at least one hydrogen atom (–H) bonded to a carbon atom or heteroatom of a corresponding unsubstituted compound or functional group is replaced by a substituent (e.g. R s ).
- persubstitution means that every hydrogen atom (H) bonded to a carbon atom or heteroatom of a corresponding unsubstituted compound or functional group is replaced by a substituent (e.g., R S ).
- substitution means that at least two, but fewer than all, hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms or heteroatoms of a corresponding unsubstituted compound or functional group are replaced by a substituent.
- the term“–H” means a hydrogen or hydrogen radical that is covalently bonded to another atom.“Hydrogen” and“–H” are interchangeable, and unless clearly specified mean the same thing.
- the term“(C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbyl” means a hydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms and the term“(C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbylene” means a hydrocarbon diradical of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, in which each hydrocarbon radical and each hydrocarbon diradical is aromatic or non-aromatic, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched chain, cyclic (including mono- and poly-cyclic, fused and non-fused polycyclic, including bicyclic; 3 carbon atoms or more) or acyclic and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- a (C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbyl can be an unsubstituted or substituted (C 1 ⁇ C 40 )alkyl, (C 3 –C 40 )cycloalkyl, (C 3 –C 20 )cycloalkyl-(C 1 –C 20 )alkylene, (C 6 –C 40 )aryl, or (C 6 ⁇ C 20 )aryl-(C 1 –C 20 )alkylene.
- each of the aforementioned (C 1 ⁇ C 40 )hydrocarbyl groups has a maximum of 20 carbon atoms (i.e., (C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl) and other embodiments, a maximum of 12 carbon atoms.
- the terms“(C 1 –C 40 )alkyl” and“(C 1 –C 18 )alkyl” mean a saturated straight or branched hydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms or from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, respectively, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- Examples of unsubstituted (C 1 –C 40 )alkyl are unsubstituted (C 1 –C 20 )alkyl; unsubstituted (C 1 –C 10 )alkyl; unsubstituted (C 1 –C 5 )alkyl; methyl; ethyl; 1-propyl; 2-propyl; 1-butyl; 2-butyl; 2- methylpropyl; 1,1-dimethylethyl; 1-pentyl; 1-hexyl; 1-heptyl; 1-nonyl; and 1-decyl.
- substituted (C 1 –C 40 )alkyl examples include substituted (C 1 –C 20 )alkyl, substituted (C 1 –C 10 )alkyl, trifluoromethyl, and [C 45 ]alkyl.
- the term“[C 45 ]alkyl” (with square brackets) means there is a maximum of 45 carbon atoms in the radical, including substituents, and is, for example, a (C 27 – C 40 )alkyl substituted by one R S , which is a (C 1 –C 5 )alkyl, respectively.
- Each (C 1 –C 5 )alkyl may be methyl, trifluoromethyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, 1-methylethyl, or 1,1-dimethylethyl.
- the term“(C 6 –C 40 )aryl” means an unsubstituted or substituted (by one or more R S ) mono-, bi- or tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon radical of from 6 to 40 carbon atoms, of which at least from 6 to 14 of the carbon atoms are aromatic ring carbon atoms, and the mono-, bi- or tricyclic radical comprises 1, 2, or 3 rings, respectively; wherein the 1 ring is aromatic and the 2 or 3 rings independently are fused or non-fused and at least one of the 2 or 3 rings is aromatic.
- unsubstituted (C 6 –C 40 )aryl examples include unsubstituted (C 6 –C 20 )aryl unsubstituted (C 6 –C 18 )aryl; 2-(C 1 ⁇ C 5 )alkyl-phenyl; 2,4-bis(C 1 –C 5 )alkyl-phenyl; phenyl; fluorenyl; tetrahydrofluorenyl; indacenyl; hexahydroindacenyl; indenyl; dihydroindenyl; naphthyl; tetrahydronaphthyl; and phenanthrene.
- substituted (C 6 –C 40 )aryl examples include substituted (C 1 –C 20 )aryl; substituted (C 6 –C 18 )aryl; 2,4-bis[(C 20 )alkyl]-phenyl; polyfluorophenyl; pentafluorophenyl; and fluoren-9-one-l-yl.
- the term“(C 3 –C 40 )cycloalkyl” means a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon radical of from 3 to 40 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- cycloalkyl groups e.g., (C x –C y )cycloalkyl are defined in an analogous manner as having from x to y carbon atoms and being either unsubstituted or substituted with one or more R S .
- unsubstituted (C 3 ⁇ C 40 )cycloalkyl examples include unsubstituted (C 3 –C 20 )cycloalkyl, unsubstituted (C 3 –C 10 )cycloalkyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, cyclononyl, and cyclodecyl.
- Examples of substituted (C 3 – C 40 )cycloalkyl are substituted (C 3 –C 20 )cycloalkyl, substituted (C 3 –C 10 )cycloalkyl, cyclopentanon-2-yl, and 1-fluorocyclohexyl.
- Examples of (C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbylene include unsubstituted or substituted (C 6 ⁇ C 40 )arylene, (C 3 –C 40 )cycloalkylene, and (C 1 –C 40 )alkylene (e.g., (C 1 –C 20 )alkylene).
- the diradicals are on the same carbon atom (e.g., ⁇ CH 2 ⁇ ) or on adjacent carbon atoms (i.e., 1,2- diradicals), or are spaced apart by one, two, or more than two intervening carbon atoms (e.g., respective 1,3-diradicals, 1,4-diradicals, etc.).
- Some diradicals include ⁇ , ⁇ -diradical.
- the ⁇ , ⁇ -diradical is a diradical that has maximum carbon backbone spacing between the radical carbons.
- (C 2 –C 20 )alkylene ⁇ , ⁇ -diradicals include ethan-1,2-diyl (i.e.–CH 2 CH 2 ), propan-1,3-diyl (i.e.–CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 —), 2-methylpropan- 1,3-diyl (i.e.–CH 2 CH(CH 3 )CH 2 –).
- Some examples of (C 6 –C 40 )arylene ⁇ , ⁇ -diradicals include phenyl-1,4-diyl, napthalen-2,6-diyl, or napthalen-3,7-diyl.
- (C 1 –C 40 )alkylene means a saturated straight chain or branched chain diradical (i.e., the radicals are not on ring atoms) of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- Examples of unsubstituted (C 1 –C 40 )alkylene are unsubstituted (C 1 ⁇ C 20 )alkylene, including unsubstituted ⁇ CH 2 CH 2 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 3 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 4 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 5 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 6 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 7 ⁇ , ⁇ (CH 2 ) 8 ⁇ , ⁇ CH 2 C*HCH 3 , and ⁇ (CH 2 ) 4 C*(H)(CH 3 ), in which “C*” denotes a carbon atom from which a hydrogen atom is removed to form a secondary or tertiary alkyl radical.
- substituted (C 1 –C 40 )alkylene examples include substituted (C 1 – C 20 )alkylene, ⁇ CF 2 ⁇ , ⁇ C(O) ⁇ , and ⁇ (CH 2 ) 14 C(CH 3 ) 2 (CH 2 ) 5 ⁇ (i.e., a 6,6-dimethyl substituted normal-1,20-eicosylene).
- examples of substituted (C 1 –C4 0 )alkylene also include l,2- bis(methylene)cyclopentane, 1,2- bis(methylene)cyclohexane, 2,3-bis(methylene)-7,7- dimethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, and 2,3- bis (methylene)bicyclo [2.2.2] octane.
- (C 3 –C 40 )cycloalkylene means a cyclic diradical (i.e., the radicals are on ring atoms) of from 3 to 40 carbon atoms that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- heterohydrocarbon refers to a molecule or molecular framework in which one or more carbon atoms are replaced with a heteroatom.
- the term“(C 1 – C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl” means a heterohydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms
- the term“(C 1 ⁇ C 40 )heterohydrocarbylene” means a heterohydrocarbon diradical of from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, and each heterohydrocarbon has one or more heteroatoms.
- the radical of the heterohydrocarbyl is on a carbon atom or a heteroatom, and diradicals of the heterohydrocarbyl may be on: (1) one or two carbon atom, (2) one or two heteroatoms, or (3) a carbon atom and a heteroatom.
- Each (C 1 ⁇ C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl and (C 1 –C 40 )heterohydrocarbylene may be unsubstituted or substituted (by one or more R S ), aromatic or non-aromatic, saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched chain, cyclic (including mono- and poly-cyclic, fused and non-fused polycyclic), or acyclic.
- the (C 1 –C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl may be unsubstituted or substituted.
- Non- limiting examples of the (C 1 –C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl include (C 1 –C 40 )heteroalkyl, (C 1 – C 40 )hydrocarbyl-O–, (C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbyl-S–, (C 1 –C 40 )hydrocarbyl-S(O) ⁇ , (C 1 – C 40 )hydrocarbyl-S(O) 2 ⁇ , (C 1 ⁇ C 40 )hydrocarbyl-Si(R C ) 2 ⁇ , (C l –C 40 )hydrocarbyl-N(R N ) ⁇ , (C l – C 40 )hydrocarbyl-P(R P ) ⁇ , (C 2 ⁇ C 40 )heterocycloalkyl, (C 2 –C 19 )heterocycloalkyl-(C 1 – C 20 )alkylene, (C 3 –C 20 )cycl
- (C 1 –C 40 )heteroaryl means an unsubstituted or substituted (by one or more R S ) mono-, bi- or tricyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical of from 1 to 40 total carbon atoms and from 1 to 10 heteroatoms, and the mono-, bi- or tricyclic radical comprises 1, 2 or 3 rings, respectively, wherein the 2 or 3 rings independently are fused or non-fused and at least one of the 2 or 3 rings is heteroaromatic.
- heteroaryl groups e.g., (C x –C y )heteroaryl generally, such as (C 1 –C 12 )heteroaryl
- the monocyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical is a 5-membered or 6- membered ring.
- the 5-membered ring has 5 minus h carbon atoms, wherein h is the number of heteroatoms and may be 1, 2, or 3; and each heteroatom may be O, S, N, or P.
- Examples of 5- membered ring heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical are pyrrol-1-yl; pyrrol-2-yl; furan-3-yl; thiophen-2-yl; pyrazol-1-yl; isoxazol-2-yl; isothiazol-5-yl; imidazol-2-yl; oxazol-4-yl; thiazol- 2-yl; 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl; 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl; 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl; tetrazol-1-yl; tetrazol-2-yl; and tetrazol-5-yl.
- the 6-membered ring has 6 minus h carbon atoms, wherein h is the number of heteroatoms and may be 1 or 2 and the heteroatoms may be N or P.
- 6- membered ring heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical are pyridine-2-yl; pyrimidin-2-yl; and pyrazin-2-yl.
- the bicyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical can be a fused 5,6- or 6,6-ring system. Examples of the fused 5,6-ring system bicyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical are indol-1-yl; and benzimidazole-1-yl.
- Examples of the fused 6,6-ring system bicyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical are quinolin-2-yl; and isoquinolin-1-yl.
- the tricyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical can be a fused 5,6,5-; 5,6,6-; 6,5,6-; or 6,6,6-ring system.
- An example of the fused 5,6,5-ring system is 1,7-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-f]indol-1-yl.
- An example of the fused 5,6,6-ring system is 1H-benzo[f] indol-1-yl.
- An example of the fused 6,5,6- ring system is 9H-carbazol-9-yl.
- the fused 6,6,6-ring system is acrydin-9-yl.
- the aforementioned heteroalkyl may be saturated straight or branched chain radicals containing (C 1 –C 40 ) carbon atoms, or fewer carbon atoms and one or more of the heteroatoms.
- the heteroalkylene may be saturated straight or branched chain diradicals containing from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and one or more than one heteroatoms.
- the heteroatoms may include Si(R C ) 3 , Ge(R C ) 3 , Si(R C ) 2 , Ge(R C ) 2 , P(R P ) 2 , P(R P ), N(R N ) 2 , N(R N ), N, O, OR C , S, SR C , S(O), and S(O) 2 , wherein each of the heteroalkyl and heteroalkylene groups are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more R S .
- Examples of unsubstituted (C 2 –C 40 )heterocycloalkyl are unsubstituted (C 2 ⁇ C 20 )heterocycloalkyl, unsubstituted (C 2 –C 10 )heterocycloalkyl, aziridin-l-yl, oxetan-2-yl, tetrahydrofuran-3-yl, pyrrolidin-l-yl, tetrahydrothiophen-S,S-dioxide-2-yl, morpholin-4-yl, 1,4- dioxan-2-yl, hexahydroazepin-4-yl, 3-oxa-cyclooctyl, 5-thio-cyclononyl, and 2-aza-cyclodecyl.
- halogen atom or“halogen” means the radical of a fluorine atom (F), chlorine atom (Cl), bromine atom (Br), or iodine atom (I).
- halide means anionic form of the halogen atom: fluoride (F-), chloride (Cl-), bromide (Br-), or iodide (I-).
- saturated means lacking carbon–carbon double bonds, carbon– carbon triple bonds, and (in heteroatom-containing groups) carbon–nitrogen, carbon– phosphorous, and carbon–silicon double bonds.
- one or more double and/or triple bonds optionally may or may not be present in substituents R S .
- the term“unsaturated” means containing one or more carbon–carbon double bonds, carbon–carbon triple bonds, and (in heteroatom-containing groups) carbon–nitrogen, carbon–phosphorous, and carbon–silicon double bonds, not including any such double bonds that may be present in substituents R S , if any, or in (hetero) aromatic rings, if any.
- the catalyst systems comprising a metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may be rendered catalytically active by any technique known in the art for activating metal-based catalysts of olefin polymerization reactions.
- comprising a metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may be rendered catalytically active by contacting the complex to, or combining the complex with, an activating cocatalyst.
- Suitable activating cocatalysts for use herein include alkyl aluminums; polymeric or oligomeric alumoxanes (also known as aluminoxanes); neutral Lewis acids; and non-polymeric, non-coordinating, ion- forming compounds (including the use of such compounds under oxidizing conditions).
- a suitable activating technique is bulk electrolysis. Combinations of one or more of the foregoing activating cocatalysts and techniques are also contemplated.
- the term“alkyl aluminum” means a monoalkyl aluminum dihydride or monoalkylaluminum dihalide, a dialkyl aluminum hydride or dialkyl aluminum halide, or a trialkylaluminum.
- Examples of polymeric or oligomeric alumoxanes include methylalumoxane, triisobutylaluminum-modified methylalumoxane, and isobutylalumoxane.
- Lewis acid activators include Group 13 metal compounds containing from 1 to 3 (C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl substituents as described herein.
- Group 13 metal compounds are tri((C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl)-substituted-aluminum or tri((C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl)-boron compounds.
- Group 13 metal compounds are tri(hydrocarbyl)-substituted-aluminum, tri(hydrocarbyl)-boron compounds, tri((C 1 –C 10 )alkyl)aluminum, tri((C 6 –C 18 )aryl)boron compounds, and halogenated (including perhalogenated) derivatives thereof.
- Group 13 metal compounds are tris(fluoro-substituted phenyl)boranes, tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane.
- the activating cocatalyst is a tetrakis((C 1 ⁇ C 20 )hydrocarbyl borate (e.g.
- trityl tetrafluoroborate or a tri((C 1 ⁇ C 20 )hydrocarbyl)ammonium tetra((C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl)borane (e.g. bis(octadecyl)methylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borane).
- ammonium means a nitrogen cation that is a ((C 1 –C 20 )hydrocarbyl) 4 N + a or
- Combinations of neutral Lewis acid activators include mixtures comprising a combination of a tri((C 1 –C 4 )alkyl)aluminum and a halogenated tri((C 6 – C 18 )aryl)boron compound, especially a tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane.
- the catalyst system comprising the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) may be activated to form an active catalyst composition by combination with one or more cocatalysts, for example, a cation forming cocatalyst, a strong Lewis acid, or combinations thereof.
- cocatalysts for example, a cation forming cocatalyst, a strong Lewis acid, or combinations thereof.
- Suitable activating cocatalysts include polymeric or oligomeric aluminoxanes, especially methyl aluminoxane, as well as inert, compatible, noncoordinating, ion forming compounds.
- Suitable cocatalysts include, but are not limited to: modified methyl aluminoxane (MMAO), bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl)methyl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate(1 ⁇ ) amine, and combinations thereof.
- MMAO modified methyl aluminoxane
- bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl)methyl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate(1 ⁇ ) amine and combinations thereof.
- one or more of the foregoing activating cocatalysts are used in combination with each other.
- An especially preferred combination is a mixture of a tri((C 1 ⁇ C 4 )hydrocarbyl)aluminum, tri((C 1 –C 4 )hydrocarbyl)borane, or an ammonium borate with an oligomeric or polymeric alumoxane compound.
- the ratio of total number of moles of one or more metal-ligand complexes of Formula (I) to total number of moles of one or more of the activating cocatalysts is from 1:10,000 to 100:1. In some embodiments, the ratio is at least 1:5000, in some other embodiments, at least 1:1000; and 10:1 or less, and in some other embodiments, 1:1 or less.
- the number of moles of the alumoxane that are employed is at least 100 times the number of moles of the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I).
- the number of moles of the tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane that are employed to the total number of moles of one or more metal–ligand complexes of Formula (I) from 0.5: 1 to 10:1, from 1:1 to 6:1, or from 1:1 to 5:1.
- the remaining activating cocatalysts are generally employed in approximately mole quantities equal to the total mole quantities of one or more metal-ligand complexes of Formula (I).
- Various solvents are contemplated, for example, aromatic and paraffin solvents. Exemplary solvents include, but are not limited to, isoparaffins.
- isoparaffin solvents are commercially available under the name ISOPAR E from ExxonMobil Chemical.
- the reactivity ratios are determined by the resulting difference in polymerization rates (i.e., selectivity) between ethylene and the C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefin comonomer with the polymerization catalyst in the polymerization process. It is believed that steric interactions for the polymerization catalysts result in polymerization of ethylene more selectively than ⁇ -olefins such as C 3 –C 12 ⁇ -olefins (i.e., the catalyst preferentially polymerizes ethylene in the presence of the ⁇ -olefin).
- the catalyst for example, the homogenous catalyst prepared with or from the metal–ligand complex of Formula (I) to adopt a conformation that allows ethylene to access the M substantially more easily, or adopt a reactive conformation more readily, or both than the catalyst allows the ⁇ -olefin to do so.
- the terminal copolymerization model is employed for random copolymers in which the identity of the last monomer inserted dictates the rate at which subsequent monomers insert. In this model insertion reactions of the type
- C * represents the catalyst
- M i represents monomer i
- k ij is the rate constant having the rate equation as follows.
- a simplified equation for comonomer composition can be derived as disclosed in George Odian, Principles of Polymerization, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1970, as follows:
- Reactivity ratios for use in the foregoing models may be predicted using well known theoretical techniques or empirically derived from actual polymerization data. Suitable theoretical techniques are disclosed, for example, in B. G. Kyle, Chemical and Process Thermodynamics, Third Addition, Prentice-Hall, 1999 and in Redlich-Kwong-Soave (RKS) Equation of State, Chemical Engineering Science, 1972, pp 1197–1203.
- the present composition embodiments comprising LDPE and the multimodal ethylene-based polymers may be incorporated into films.
- the films may be monolayer or multilayer films produced by blown film or cast film processes.
- the films can be incorporated into a variety of articles including, for example, food packages, industrial and consumer packaging materials, construction films, foamed films, and others.
- the films may further comprise one or more additives.
- Additives include, but are not limited to, antistatic agents, color enhancers, dyes, lubricants, fillers (for example, TiO 2 or CaCO 3 ), opacifiers, nucleators, processing aids, pigments, primary anti- oxidants, secondary anti-oxidants, UV stabilizers, anti-block agents, slip agents, tackifiers, fire retardants, anti-microbial agents, odor reducer agents, anti-fungal agents, and combinations thereof.
- the film is a blown monolayer film having improved toughness, for example, as demonstrated by improved dart strength and secant modulus.
- the testing methods include the following: [0093] Melt index (I 2 ) and (I 10 ) [0094] Melt index (I 2 ) values for the multimodal ethylene-based polymers measured in accordance to ASTM D1238 at 190 °C at 2.16 kg. Similarly, melt index (I 10 ) values for the multimodal ethylene-based polymers were measured in accordance to ASTM D1238 at 190 °C at 10 kg. The values are reported in g/10 min, which corresponds to grams eluted per 10 minutes.
- the melt index (I 2 ) values for the first ethylene-based component, the second ethylene-based component, and the third ethylene-based component were calculated according to Equation 30 and the methodology described below.
- Density [0096] Density measurements for the multimodal ethylene-based polymers were made in accordance with ASTM D792, Method B. For the first and second ethylene-based components, the density values were obtained using Equations 28 and the methodology described below. For the third ethylene-based component, the density value was calculated using Equation 29.
- the injection volume used was 200 microliters and the flow rate was 1.0 milliliters/minute.
- Calibration of the GPC column set was performed with at least 20 narrow molecular weight distribution polystyrene standards with molecular weights ranging from 580 to 8,400,000 g/mol and were arranged in 6“cocktail” mixtures with at least a decade of separation between individual molecular weights.
- the standards were purchased from Agilent Technologies.
- the polystyrene standards were prepared at 0.025 grams in 50 milliliters of solvent for molecular weights equal to or greater than 1,000,000 g/mol, and 0.05 grams in 50 milliliters of solvent for molecular weights less than 1,000,000 g/mol.
- the polystyrene standards were dissolved at 80 °C with gentle agitation for 30 minutes.
- the polystyrene standard peak molecular weights were converted to ethylene-based polymer molecular weights using Equation 6 (as described in Williams and Ward, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Let., 6, 621 (1968)).:
- RV is the retention volume in milliliters
- the peak width is in milliliters
- the peak max is the maximum height of the peak
- half height is one half of the height of the peak maximum.
- RV is the retention volume in milliliters and the peak width is in milliliters
- Peak max is the maximum position of the peak
- one tenth height is one tenth of the height of the peak maximum
- rear peak refers to the peak tail at later retention volumes than the peak max
- front peak refers to the peak front at earlier retention volumes than the peak max.
- the plate count for the chromatographic system should be greater than 22,000 and symmetry should be between 0.98 and 1.22.
- Samples were prepared in a semi-automatic manner with the PolymerChar “Instrument Control” Software, wherein the samples were weight-targeted at 2 mg/ml, and the solvent (contained 200ppm BHT) was added to a pre nitrogen-sparged septa-capped vial, via the PolymerChar high temperature autosampler. The samples were dissolved for 3 hours at 160 oC under“low speed” shaking.
- wt GPC (lgMW) is the weight fraction of ethylene-based polymer molecules with a molecular weight of lgMW) for the ethylene-based polymer sample can be obtained.
- Molecular weight is in g/mol and wt GPC (lgMW) follows the Equation 9.
- Number-average molecular weight M n(GPC) , weight-average molecular weight M w(GPC) and z-average molecular weight M z(GPC) can be calculated as the following equations. 10)
- a flow rate marker (decane) was introduced into each sample via a micropump controlled with the PolymerChar GPC-IR system.
- This flow rate marker (FM) was used to linearly correct the pump flow rate (Flowrate(nominal)) for each sample by RV alignment of the respective decane peak within the sample (RV(FM Sample)) to that of the decane peak within the narrow standards calibration (RV(FM Calibrated)). Any changes in the time of the decane marker peak are then assumed to be related to a linear-shift in flow rate (Flowrate(effective)) for the entire run.
- Equation 13 Processing of the flow marker peak was done via the PolymerChar GPCOneTM Software. Acceptable flow rate correction is such that the effective flowrate should be within 0.5% of the nominal flowrate. 13)
- IR5 GPC Comonomer Content (GPC-CC) Plot [00107] A calibration for the IR5 detector ratioing was performed using at least ten ethylene-based polymer standards (ethylene-based polymer homopolymer and ethylene/octene copolymers) of known short chain branching (SCB) frequency (The comonomer content of the reference materials is determined using 13C NMR analysis in accordance with techniques described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,292,845 (Kawasaki, et al.) and by J. C. Randall in Rev. Macromol. Chem.
- SCB short chain branching
- GPC-CC GPC-Comonomer Content
- Crystallization Elution Fractionation [00112] Comonomer distribution analysis, also commonly called short chain branching distribution (SCBD), is measured with Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF) (PolymerChar, Spain) (Monrabal et al, Macromol. Symp. 257, 71-79 (2007), which is incorporated herein by reference) equipped with an IR (IR-4 or IR-5) detector (PolymerChar, Spain) and 2-angle light scattering detector Model 2040 (Precision Detectors, currently Agilent Technologies). Distilled anhydrous ortho-dichlorobenzene (ODCB) with 600 ppm antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) was used as solvent.
- ODCB ortho-dichlorobenzene
- BHT antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene
- the flow rate during elution is at 0.50 ml/min.
- the data was collected at one data point/second.
- the CEF column is packed by The Dow Chemical Company with glass beads at 125 ⁇ m + 6% (MO-SCI Specialty Products) with 1/8-inch stainless tubing. Glass beads are acid washed by MO-SCI Specialty by request from The Dow Chemical Company. Column volume is 2.06 ml. Column temperature calibration was performed by using a mixture of NIST Standard Reference Material Linear ethylene-based polymer 1475a (1.0 mg/ml) and Eicosane (2 mg/ml) in ODCB.
- NIST linear ethylene-based polymer 1475a has a peak temperature at 101.0 °C
- Eicosane has a peak temperature of 30.0 °C.
- the CEF column resolution was calculated with a mixture of NIST linear ethylene-based polymer 1475a (1.0 mg/ml) and hexacontane (Fluka, purum ⁇ 97.0%, lmg/ml). A baseline separation of hexacontane and NIST ethylene-based polymer 1475a was achieved.
- the area of hexacontane (from 35.0 to 67.0 °C) to the area of NIST 1475a from 67.0 to 110.0 °C is 50 to 50, the amount of soluble fraction below 35.0 °C is less than 1.8 wt%.
- the CEF column resolution is defined in Equation 15:
- the CEF instrument was equipped with an Agilent (Santa Clara, CA) Model 2040 2-angle light scattering detector, and the light scattering was calibrated using the 90 degree signal channel with a known homopolymer ethylene-based polymer standard of known molecular weight (approximately 120,000 g/mol).
- the IR (infrared) detector was also calibrated for mass response.
- Molecular weight (M w(CEF) ) at each elution point was calculated as a function of elution temperature in regions of adequate signal to noise.
- Critical temperature is defined by the density of the resin (in g/cc) according to
- the weight-average molecular weight of the fraction from 20 °C up to and including the critical temperature was calculated as the area ratio of the sum of the 90 degree light scattering responses divided by the sum of the IR detector responses between 20 °C to T critical and factored for the calibrated detector constants.
- M w(CEF) of CEF fraction between 20 °C and T critical was calculated as the area ratio of the sum of the 90 degree light scattering responses divided by the sum of the IR detector responses between 20 °C to T critical and factored for the calibrated detector constants.
- the molecular weight calculations and calibrations were performed in GPCOne® software.
- Numerical Deconvolution of Bivariate Data is used to obtain the density, molecular weight, and melt index (I 2 ) of the first ethylene-based component, the second ethylene-based component, and the third ethylene-based component.
- Numerical deconvolution of the combined CEF-SCBD (wt CEF (T) vs. temperature (T) plot from CEF) and GPC-MWD (wt GPC (lgMW)) vs. lgMW plot from conventional GPC) data was performed using Microsoft Excel ® Solver (2013).
- Equation 19 Exponentially-Modified Gaussian Distributions
- a 0,C,P is the chromatographic area in °C for the P-th peak of the C-th component
- a 1,C,P is the peak center in °C for the P-th peak of the C-th component
- a 2,C,P is the peak width in °C for the P-th peak of the C-th component
- a 3,C,P is the peak tailing in °C for the P-th peak of the C-th component
- T is the elution temperature in °C.
- Weight fraction of each component (wf C,CEF ) from CEF-SCBD deconvolution can be expressed by
- wf C1,CEF is the weight fraction of the first ethylene-based component obtained from CEF- SCBD deconvolution
- wf C2,CEF is the weight fraction of the second ethylene-based component obtained from CEF-SCBD deconvolution
- wf C3,CEF is the weight fraction of the third ethylene- based component obtained from CEF-SCBD deconvolution
- the sum of the fractions is normalized to 1.00.
- wt F-S,i is the weigh fraction of the molecules at lg(M i /(g/mol)) (M i in g/mol), i is integers ranging from 0 to 500 to represent each data point on the GPC-MWD plot and corresponding lg(M i /(g/mol)) is 2+0.01 ⁇ i.
- the Flory-Schulz Distribution is subsequently broadened using a sum of a series normal distribution at each lg(M i /(g/mol)).
- the weight fraction of the Normal Distribution with its peak value at lg(M i /(g/mol)) is kept the same as the original Flory-Schulz Distribution.
- the broadened Flory-Schulz Distribution curve can be described as the following equation.
- wt GPC (lg(M i /(g / mol )) is the weight fraction of the molecules at lg(M i /(g/mol)), j is integers ranging from 0 to 500, ⁇ is the standard deviation of the Normal Distribution. Therefore, molecular weight distribution curves for all three components can be expressed as the following equations. Number-average molecular weight (M n(GPC) ), weight-average molecular weight (M w(GPC) ), and MWD (M w(GPC) /M n(GPC) ) can be calculated from the broadened Flory-Schulz Distribution.
- Equations 27A–E are considered equivalent masses for their respective techniques as shown in Equations 27A–E.
- Process and catalyst data can be leveraged for initial estimates of the relative weight production of each component.
- initial estimates of the weight fraction for each component can be compared by integrating partial areas of the CEF-SCBD or GPC-MWD plot of the multimodal ethylene-based polymer, especially noting visible areas with defined peaks or peak inflection points.
- the peak area for each component in CEF-SCBD curve (Comparative Polymer 7), if well-separated may be estimated by dropping vertical lines between peaks as shown in FIG. 3.
- Association of the molecular weight order and initial estimation of the molecular weight may be obtained from the peak positions of the associated component areas in the CEF-SCBD and CEF-MW plots and agreement should be expected with the GPC-CC measurements as shown in FIG. 3.
- initial assignment of peak areas and composition may be obtained from a multi-modal GPC-MWD as the starting point and validated under the CEF-SCBD and CEF-MW plots.
- Initial estimates of the peak width and tailing in CEF-SCBD for each component can be obtained from a calibration of peak width vs. temperature using a series of standard single-site samples such as those previously presented in Table A.
- Microsoft Excel ® Solver is programmed to minimize the combined sum of squares of residuals between the wt sum,GPC (lgM i ) and the measured GPC-MWD, and sum of squares of residuals between the wt sum,CEF (T) and the measured CEF-SCBD (wherein the sampling width and areas of the two observed distributions are normalized in regards to each other). There is equal weighting given to the GPC-MWD and CEF-SCBD fit as they are simultaneously converged. Initial estimated values for weight fraction and peak width in CEF- SCBD as well as molecular weight target for each component are used for the Microsoft Excel ® Solver to begin with as described herein.
- a component produced via a single site catalyst may be modeled by a single EMG peak.
- a component produced via a Ziegler-Natta catalyst may be modeled by 1, 2, or 3 EMG peaks, or a single EMG peak possessing a long low temperature-facing tail sufficing for a Ziegler-Natta component of very high density, very low molecular weight targets on the CEF-SCBD plot.
- Equation 22 ( ⁇ C 1 or ⁇ C 2 ) from Equation 26A, 26B between 0.000 and 0.170 (corresponding polydispersities of approximately 2.00 to 2.33) for the first and second ethylene-based components which are made via single site catalysts.
- the M w,Target in Equation 22 is constrained to be lowest for the third ethylene-ethylene based component in these cases, since it is targeted to be the lowest from this specific reaction scheme. Note that it is not constrained by definition to be lowest in all possible cases, depending upon the desired performance target of the combined resin in-reactor blend.
- the ranking (preliminary estimation) of the two weight-average molecular weights (M w,Target ) of the first ethylene-based component and the second ethylene-based component is observed by the M w(CEF) from the CEF-MW plot (M w(CEF) vs. temperature curve) at the temperatures at which the first and second ethylene-based component peaks are observed on the CEF-SCBD plot (wt CEF (T) vs. temperature curve). Therefore, the order of the molecular weights for the three components is well-known.
- Equation 26C A reactor mass balance yields the percentage mass (Wf) of Equation 26C of the third ethylene- based component, or alternatively it can be calculated from the deconvolution using Equation 26D, depending upon the strength of the known distribution models for CEF and GPC and the total weight fraction must sum to unity (Equations 27A–E). [00131] In general, it has been found that approximately 20 solver iterations will typically reach good convergence on the solution using Excel ® .
- Inventive Polymer 5 demonstrates an example of acceptable convergence of a very high density, low molecular weight component made with a Ziegler- Natta catalyst and two moderate density components (made via two different single-site catalysts) using a single peak for each.
- a predicted M w(CEF) response for CEF-MW may be generated by using the weight-average molecular weight by GPC-MWD of each of the components multiplied by the observed weight fraction of each of the components at each point along the CEF-SCBD plot. The predicted M w(CEF) needs to be in agreement with the measured M w(CEF) in the CEF-MW plot.
- the GPC-CC plot can also be predicted using the measured M w(CEF) and comonomer incorporation of individual component from CEF-MW and CEF-SCBD plots.
- the predicted GPC-CC plot needs to be in agreement with the measured GPC-CC.
- density correlation for the CEF-SCBD data is obtained using a series of linear ethylene-based polymer standard resins polymerized from single site catalysts of approximately 1 g/10min melt index (I 2 ), or nominal weight-average molecular weight of approximately 105,000 g/mol by GPC, and polydispersities (or MWD) of less than 2.3 by GPC. At least 10 standard resins of known comonomer content, density, and molecular weight within the density range of 0.87 to 0.96 g/cc are used. Peak temperature and density data are fit with a 5th order polynomial curve to obtain the calibration curve. [00134] A peak width and peak tail vs. peak temperature correlation is obtained similarly by fitting the peak width and peak tail vs.
- Density True Density Raw ⁇ 0.254g /cc ⁇ [lg(M w( GPC ) /(g / mol)) ⁇ 5.02 ] (Equation 28) where M w(GPC) is the weight-average molecular weight of the single component deconvoluted from GPC-MWD.
- the density of the third ethylene-based component may be calculated based on the known density of the resin, Density True of the first ethylene-based component, Density True of the second ethylene-based component, and the weight fractions of each components according to the following Equation 29.
- a first reactor sampling for a series dual-reactor configuration, or sampling of both reactors for a parallel dual-reactor configuration may be used to aid in the determination of the density, melt index (I 2 ), GPC- MWD, and CEF-SCBD of each individual component of the multimodal ethylene-based polymer, especially providing that the reaction is effectively killed past the sampling point. This allows better confirmation in cases wherein the first and second ethylene-based component peak positions cannot adequately be determined from the 3-component mixture.
- Inventive Polymer 1 and Comparative Polymer 6 both had the same density of 0.926 g/cc, and consequently had the same T critical of 74.1 °C.
- the CEF weight fraction is calculated as the area under the curve in these temperature ranges.
- the y-axis in FIG. 2 is the weight fraction at each temperature (x-axis) from 20.0 °C to 119.9 °C. with a temperature step increase of 0.2 °C.
- Comparative Polymer 6 the CEF weight fraction is 11.3 % in the temperature range from 20.0 °C to 119.9 °C, whereas Inventive Polymer 1 has a CEF weight fraction of 37.7% in the temperature range from 20.0 °C to 119.9 °C. This indicates a higher percentage of lower density first ethylene-based component in Inventive Polymer 1.
- Table 2 and Table 3 list the density, melt index, and weight percent of the first, second, and third ethylene-based components of inventive multimodal polymers Inv1–Inv6 and the comparative multimodal polymers Comp7–Comp8. Comparative Polymers Comp1–Comp3 are available from The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan. [00152] Table 2
- Comparative Polymers 4 and 5 were bimodal ethylene- octene copolymers prepared via solution polymerization in a dual loop reactor system with a first catalyst system in the first reactor, and a second catalyst system in the second reactor. Comparative Polymers 4 and 5 correlate to Inventive First Compositions 4 and 6 from WO/2015/200743, respectively.
- the Inventive Polymers Inv1–Inv6 and the Comparative Polymers Comp6- Comp8 were prepared according to the following process and based on the reaction conditions reported in Tables 4 and 5. The reactor configuration was dual series reactor operation.
- the effluent from the first polymerization reactor exits the first reactor and is added to the second reactor separate from the other feeds to the second reactor.
- the reactor type can be a liquid full, adiabatic, continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) or a liquid full, non-adiabatic, isothermal, circulating, loop reactor which mimics a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with heat removal.
- CSTR continuously stirred tank reactor
- the final reactor effluent (second reactor effluent for dual series) entered a zone where it is deactivated with the addition of and reaction with a suitable reagent (water).
- the solvent feed was pressurized via a pump to above reaction pressure.
- the comonomer feed was pressurized via a pump to above reaction pressure.
- the individual catalyst components were manually batch diluted to specified component concentrations with purified solvent and pressurized to above reaction pressure. All reaction feed flows were measured with mass flow meters and independently controlled with metering pumps. [00159] Independent control of all fresh solvent, monomer, comonomer, hydrogen, and catalyst component feeds to each reactor was utilized.
- the total fresh feed streams to each reactor were temperature controlled by passing the feed stream through a heat exchanger.
- the total fresh feed to each polymerization reactor was injected into the reactor in one or more locations.
- the catalyst components were injected into the polymerization reactor separate from the other feeds.
- An agitator in a CSTR reactor or a series of static mixing elements in a loop reactor was responsible for continuous mixing of the reactants.
- Oil bath (for a CSTR reactor) and heat exchanger (for a loop reactor) provided fine tuning of the reactor temperature control.
- the one primary catalyst component was computer controlled to maintain the individual reactor monomer conversion at the specified target.
- the cocatalyst components for the single primary catalyst reactor were fed based on calculated specified molar ratios to the one primary catalyst component.
- dual primary catalysts in one reactor e.g.
- Inv1-6 and Comp7-8 two calculated variables are controlled: (1) the total mass flow of primary catalyst 1 and primary catalyst 2, and (2) the mass fraction for primary catalyst 1 out of the total mass flow of both primary catalysts.
- the total mass flow of both primary catalysts was computer controlled to maintain the individual reactor monomer conversion at the specified target.
- the mass fraction of primary catalyst 1 was controlled to maintain the relative mass fraction of polymer produced by each catalyst in that individual reactor.
- the cocatalyst components for the reactor utilizing dual primary catalysts were fed based on calculated specified molar ratios to the total of both primary catalyst components.
- the dual series reactor system consisted of two liquid full, adiabatic, continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs).
- the dual series reactor system consisted of one liquid full, adiabatic, continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and one liquid full, non-adiabatic, isothermal, circulating, loop reactor which mimics a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with heat removal.
- the adiabatic CSTR is the second reactor.
- Comparative Polymer 6 (Comp6) was a bimodal ethylene-octene copolymer prepared via solution polymerization in a dual loop reactor system with a first catalyst system in the first reactor, and a second catalyst system in the second reactor. It was prepared under similar conditions disclosed in WO/2015/200743 for producing the Inventive First Composition 7. Reactor conditions are included in Table 5.
- the dual series reactor system consisted of two liquid full, non-adiabatic, isothermal, circulating, loop reactors. [00162] Table 4
- Catalyst C is a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.
- the heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta type catalyst-premix was prepared substantially according to U.S. Patent No. 4,612,300, by sequentially adding to a volume of ISOPAR-E, a slurry of anhydrous magnesium chloride in ISOPAR-E, a solution of EtAlCl 2 in heptane, and a solution of Ti(O-iPr) 4 in heptane, to yield a composition containing a magnesium concentration of 0.20M, and a ratio of Mg/Al/Ti of 40/12.5/3.
- Monolayer Blown Films 1 mil blown films are made using a 3-layer Dr. Collin blown film line.
- the line is comprised of three 25:1 L/D single screw extruders, equipped with grooved feed zones. The screw diameters are 25 mm for the inner layer, 30 mm for the core and 25 mm for the outer layer. Dry blends of each resin and AGILITY TM 1021 in an 80/20 weight ratio are fed into all three extruders at the same time to make monolayer films.
- AGILITYTM 1021 which is a commercially LDPE available from The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, has a density of 0.919 g/cc, a melt index (I 2 ) of 1.9 g/10 min, an I 10 /I 2 of 14.8, and a MWD of 6.3.
- the annular die is 60 mm in diameter and used a dual lip air ring cooling system. Die lip gap is 2 mm and blow up ratio (BUR) is 2.5. The lay flat is around 23 to 24 cm. Frost line height is 5.5 inches. Total output rate is 9 kg/hour (3 kg/hour for each extruder). Melt temperature is 210-220 °C, and die temperature is set at 210 °C.
- Table 7 Monolayer film compositions
- Comparative Film 6 which comprised a bimodal polymer, has a 1% Secant Modulus of 48,896 psi and a Dart A Value of 152 g.
- Comparative Film 6 which included a trimodal polymer, exhibited a Dart A Value of 343 g, which was over twice the Dart Value of Comparative Film 6.
- Inventive Film 1 which included a trimodal polymer having 29.89% by weight of the first ethylene-based component and a CEF weight fraction between 20 °C and T critical of 37.7%, exhibited a better combination of 1% Secant Modulus and Dart Value, than Comparative Film 7, which included a trimodal polymer having 17.58% by weight of the first ethylene-based component and a CEF weight fraction between 20 °C and T critical of 11.3%.
- Comparative Film 7 had a 1% Secant Modulus of 43,197 psi and a Dart A Value of 232 g.
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